<NOSCRIPT> tag Issue

noscript tag problem

[sunny_kat]

Hi

I have a site which uses <noscript> tag for hidden text

Are the search engine able to view and index the text under <noscript> tag?

Comments would be appreciated

Regards

Sunny

[Natko]

I know for sure that G is able to index it and to turn it on results (unfortunately).
You could notice some img alt text or a href title text or coments displayed, but this when pages don't have some more imortant text to be indexed.

[pageoneresults]

I have a site which uses <noscript> tag for hidden text.

What kind of hidden text are you referring to?

18.3.1 The NOSCRIPT element [w3.org]

[sunny_kat]

Hi Pageoneresults,

If I have 2 different sites

One of them is using hidden text and another is using hidden links with help of <noscript> tag

Are the search engines able to index the hidden text and links

Regards

Sunny

[Natko]

G can index it for sure.
I'm not sure if it would display it when there is other "more" important text content on it. Probably not.
P.S. Hidden is regarding to interpreters not to crowlers.

[sunny_kat]

Hi Natko,

You mean that the tag is just used to hide the text from the viewers rather that from search engines

Sunny

[pageoneresults]

One of them is using hidden text and another is using hidden links with help of <noscript> tag.

Based on the specification...

The NOSCRIPT element allows authors to provide alternate content when a script is not executed. The content of a NOSCRIPT element should only be rendered by a script-aware user agent.

Yes, certain useragents will see what is within the

<noscript>

element.

Now, the question would be... "How much weight is assigned to content within that area?" I'm not sure as I only use them based on the specification. A short description of the resource along with a link when applicable.

The next question would be... "How competitive is your industry?" Would what you are doing pass human review? If not, is it worth the risk for any minor added benefit that might be there? You know how competitors can be these days. ;)

[Natko]

You mean that the tag is just used to hide the text from the viewers rather that from search engines

yes

[sunny_kat]

Does that help me any way in search engine point of view?

Sunny

[sunny_kat]

I have site with text hidden with help of <noscript> tag

The text contains lots of stuffed keywords which is considered as a spam still i am getting good rankings over google and other search engines

This only means that search engines are not able to index the text within the <noscript>

Or is there any other reason?

[Natko]

it doesn't mean that SE aren't capable of index it.
I'm sure, that this text will show up sometime in listings.
I don't know how G weightes all its parameters. It is probably that parameters have same ponder in positive valuating as in negativ filtering (reciprocal princip)
So, if G does't "punish" you for this, maybe this kind of text content isn't so relevant for positiv ranking too.
But this is only a partial consideration. Maybe you will be downgraded soon.
Do an experiment.
Try to report one of this pages to G and see what happen after they apply some filters.
:-)

[pageoneresults]

Why not just follow the above specifications for the use of the

<noscript>

element? If you do that, you should be fine. ;)